Vampire squid
The name comes from the appearance of the squid. It is a small squid about 1 foot in length, and his eyes are mostly red but can be blue it depends on the lighting and they can be jet black to pale red. They live in warm weather, they feel its easier to move around when its warm. One of the awesome things on the vampire squid is they seem to fly around through the water. They do not have ink to shoot out when they are threatened, so they shoot out mucus for up to tend minutes so it slows the predator down so they can swim away, they need that time because they are not very fast swimmers. Its jaws are very powerful so scientist are not sure what they eat there is theories of them eating prawns, copepods, cnidarians, and other small invertebrates, these jaws are white as ivory. It takes 13 months for the eggs to hatch, the females will die soon after their babies are born. Once the babies are born they will drift through the water. The vampire squid was first found in 1903, it was very unpopular because they didn't appear to be any threat to the humans at all. They live more than 3,000 feet below the surface of cold water areas, so there is not much human interaction with them. They have eight arms that connect with the webbing of the skin, which makes it look more like a octopus than a squid. Each arms are lined with a single row of suction cups and rows are soft, fleshy spines known as cirri. The vampire squids body is covered with light-pro
japanese flying squid
The Japanese flying squid or also known as the Japanese common squid or the Pacific flying squid. The Japanese flying squid lives in the northern Pacific Ocean, in the area surrounding Japan, along the coast of China up to Russia. A muscle which takes in water from one side, and pushes it out the other side which is called jet propulsion. The Japanese flying squid has eight arms and two tentacles with suction cups along the backs. The Japanese flying squid has ink sacs, which they use to defend themselves. They also have three hearts. The Japanese flying squid can weigh to 0.5 kg. Females can go up to 50 cm. The males are smaller. The Japanese flying squid live in 5 degrees to 27 C. They only live up to one year. The Japanese flying squid are known to cover distances as long as 50 meters above water. There predators are sperm whales, dolphins, seals, baleen whales and rays. Also people fish for the Japan flying fish often. The Japanese flying squid have rings on the back of their head, these determine how old they are. They also eat other types of squids. The Japanese flying fish get easily stressed so its hard to find out their normal behavior, so this lies a mystery. When they migrate the move north and then south. They follow the currents, the female lays 300 to 4,000 eggs at a time. They travel in packs and after they mate they will die not to long after. They mate in the East China Sea, Kyushu, and the Sea of Japan. When a Japanese flying squid is born they are about the size of a larvae. They spend their whole life growing up, eating, migrate and at the end of their life they reproduce in their mating grounds.
Colossal Squid
The colossal squid or also known as the Antarctic or giant cranch squid, is said to be the biggest squid in the world. It is about 39 to 46 feet long, also it is a invertebrate. The colossal squid has 8 tentacles and 2 arms and they have sharp hooks. Its body is wider so it makes it bigger than the giant squid. It was first found in 1925 after two tentacles were found in the body of a sperm whale. It lives from Antarctica to the southern extremities of South America, South Africa and New Zealand but have been spotted only a few times. The colossal squid can live at the depth of 7,000 feet. They eat large fish and other squids. In 2007 the largest colossal squid ever caught was captured by a fisherman in Antarctica's Ross Sea. It was about 14 feet long and weighed almost 1,100 pounds, its eyes were huge. The colossal squid has the largest eyes of every animal in the world. The body of the largest colossal squid is located in Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand's national museum in Wellington.